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Sizing Up the S&P 500

• Index forming potential ascending channel since mid-January.
• Making higher lows above previous peak from 2022
• Wilder’s Relative Strength Index (RSI) reflects strong uptrend
• Intermarket: 10-year yield near top of recent range near 4.25%. Potential downside with yield curve near top of range since summer of 2022.

Key News

• Chips in focus:
  • Citi raises 2024 revenue estimates after SIA reports December sales +1.5%
• Online advertising market recovering: Insider Intelligence
• January ISM services beats as orders, prices accelerate
• China tightens controls of margin debt, short selling to support market
  • China crisis may be triple win for S&P 500: deflationary pressures and capital flight to U.S. without supply-chain disruption
• Factset: Analysts cutting Q1 estimates by 1.4% versus 2.1% average
• Hartnett of BofA: Sentiment similar to 1999 but so far not at “contrarian sell”

Sector Watch

• Semiconductors, transports, consumer discretionaries leading
• Airlines, industrials outperforming
• Banks, gold minders, energy lagging

Healthcare in Focus

• S&P Health Care Select Sector Index hits new highs this week, but remains at bottom of historical ratio vs S&P 500
• Year-over-year healthcare jobs growing 4.2% vs 2% before 2020
• Humana (HUM), CVS Health (CVS) recently warned of rising healthcare utilization
• Device maker movers: ISRG, BSX, ALGN, EW, GEHC
  • Next reports: ZBH (this morning), MDT (2/20 premarket)

Movers of the Week: Petrobras & Pure Storage

• Petrobras: Brazilian oil & gas driller trades for 4x earnings
  • Prices challenging 9-year resistance around $18
  • PBR +27% in last 6 months vs -6% for broader energy sector
• Pure Storage: Flash-memory maker pivoting to subscription services
  • Fell on weak guidance 11/30, but rebounded on hopes of higher margins as customers migrate to subscription services
  • Consolidating near record highs before earnings in late February, early March
  • PSTG +40% in last year

Upcoming Events

• Earnings this afternoon: PINS, AFRM,
• Fri 2/8: PEP earnings
• Tue 2/13: CPI
  • Earnings: KO, SHOP, ABNB
• Wed 2/14: CSCO earnings
• Thu 2/15: Retail sales, initial jobless claims
  • Earnings (premarket): DE

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